4 Maccabees 6:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁰ Like a noble athlete the old man, while being beaten, was victorious over his torturers; ¹¹ in fact, with his face bathed in sweat, and gasping heavily for breath, he amazed even his torturers by his courageous spirit.

¹² At that point, partly out of pity for his old age,